A People's History of the United States
1492 - Present

Zinn, Howard

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Year First Published: {23456 A People's History of the United States PEOPLES HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 1492 - Present Zinn, Howard ttp://libcom.org/a-peoples-history-of-the-united-states-howard-zinn/1-columbus-the-indians-and-human-progres Harper Collins USA Zinn's history includes those most ignored by typical American textbook history, including Indians, blacks, women and workers. 1995 2003 752pp $27 BC23456s-PeoplesHistoryUSA.jpg B Book 0060528370 E178.Z75 2003 973.92--dc21 A detailed historical review of United States history from 1492 to 2002. Zinn sets out to tell America's story from the point of view of America's women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor and immigrant labourers. Whereas most history reflects the perspective of the powerful, Zinn looks at history from the other side and challenges the norm that 'winners always write the history books'. Zinn outlines American history from a different perspective, and challenges mainstream history by consulting alternate sources. The book contains contemporary accounts ranging from a reporter who lived during the socialist movement of the early 1910s, to the writings of a Yale emeritus professor on the brutality of Columbus towards the natives. Topics covered include the 'discovery' of America, the slave trade, the American Revolution, the Bill of Rights, the war in Mexico, the Civil War, the US role in the two World Wars. In the second half of the book, Zinn concentrates on the Cold War period, the civil rights movement, and chronicles the Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations. Other topics and well-known names in American history include the struggles of the NAACP, Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, FDR, Nixon and many more. The book concludes with the devastating effects of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan. [Abstract by Vei Chong] Table of Contents 1. Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress 2. Drawing the Colour Line 3. Persons of Mean and Vile Condition 4. Tyranny is Tyranny 5. A Kind of Revolution 6. The Intimately Oppressed 7. As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs 8. We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God 9. Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom 10. The Other Civil War 11. Robber Barons and Rebels 12. The Empire and the People 13. The Socialist Challenge 14. War is the Health of the State 15. Self-help in Hard Times 16. A People's War? 17. "Or Does it Explode?" 18. The Impossible Victory: Vietnam 19. Surprises 20. The Seventies under Control? 21. Carter - Reagan - Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus 22. The Unreported Resistance 23. The Coming Revolt of the Guards 24. The Clinton Presidency 25. The 2000 Election and the "War on Terrorism" Afterword Bibliography Index CX8894 1 true true false CX8894.htm [0xc000148f00 0xc00085a240 0xc00140cae0 0xc0014f4960 0xc00150ca80 0xc001520de0 0xc00165cf00 0xc002324960 0xc000144d20 0xc000266660 0xc000352060 0xc0012f6870 0xc0000780f0 0xc0003b6510 0xc0003f59e0 0xc00045ac00 0xc000686570 0xc00033c420 0xc000384f00 0xc0003ad950 0xc00049af30 0xc0006bbd70 0xc000bf3740 0xc000ce5b00 0xc0006f1890 0xc000aa53b0 0xc000c372f0 0xc000c85c80 0xc000ade6f0 0xc000c70570 0xc001299890 0xc000a07c50 0xc000f818f0 0xc001631c50 0xc0016c31d0 0xc002481530 0xc00251ffb0 0xc0026844e0 0xc0002765d0 0xc00052d7a0 0xc000ded920 0xc0017a1bc0 0xc001b1c090 0xc001bff920 0xc001c79140 0xc001d3b5f0 0xc001dcc480 0xc001e6bd70 0xc00206c930 0xc002223170 0xc0022788a0 0xc002856840 0xc002947290 0xc0029e6600] Cx}
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 752pp Price: $27 ISBN: 0060528370
Library of Congress Number: E178.Z75 2003 Dewey: 973.92--dc21
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX8894

Zinn's history includes those most ignored by typical American textbook history, including Indians, blacks, women and workers.

Abstract:
A detailed historical review of United States history from 1492 to 2002. Zinn sets out to tell America's story from the point of view of America's women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor and immigrant labourers. Whereas most history reflects the perspective of the powerful, Zinn looks at history from the other side and challenges the norm that 'winners always write the history books'.

Zinn outlines American history from a different perspective, and challenges mainstream history by consulting alternate sources. The book contains contemporary accounts ranging from a reporter who lived during the socialist movement of the early 1910s, to the writings of a Yale emeritus professor on the brutality of Columbus towards the natives.

Topics covered include the 'discovery' of America, the slave trade, the American Revolution, the Bill of Rights, the war in Mexico, the Civil War, the US role in the two World Wars. In the second half of the book, Zinn concentrates on the Cold War period, the civil rights movement, and chronicles the Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations.

Other topics and well-known names in American history include the struggles of the NAACP, Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, FDR, Nixon and many more. The book concludes with the devastating effects of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.

[Abstract by Vei Chong]

Table of Contents

1. Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress
2. Drawing the Colour Line
3. Persons of Mean and Vile Condition
4. Tyranny is Tyranny
5. A Kind of Revolution
6. The Intimately Oppressed
7. As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs
8. We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God
9. Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom
10. The Other Civil War
11. Robber Barons and Rebels
12. The Empire and the People
13. The Socialist Challenge
14. War is the Health of the State
15. Self-help in Hard Times
16. A People's War?
17. "Or Does it Explode?"
18. The Impossible Victory: Vietnam
19. Surprises
20. The Seventies under Control?
21. Carter - Reagan - Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus
22. The Unreported Resistance
23. The Coming Revolt of the Guards
24. The Clinton Presidency
25. The 2000 Election and the "War on Terrorism"
Afterword
Bibliography
Index

A People's History of the United States1492 - Present

Subject Headings

A People's History of the United States
1492 - Present